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Regional Law No. 4604-KZ “On regulation of forest relations.”

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Krasnodar
Document type
Legislation
Date
2021
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Public forest Forest species Timber Timber extraction/logging Non-timber products Hazards Forest fires Contract/agreement Registration Transport/storage
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Regional Law enters into force 10 days after the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law, in accordance with the Forest Code of the Russian Federation, determines the procedure and standards for the procurement of timber by citizens for their own personal needs, the procedure for harvesting and collecting non-timber forest resources by citizens, the procedure for the procurement by citizens of food forest resources and collection of medicinal plants for their own needs, as well as exceptional cases of timber extraction and procurement of non-timber forest resources on the basis of purchase and sale contracts of forest plantations on the regional territory. Citizens harvest timber for their own needs on the basis of purchase and sale contracts related to forest plantations without allotment of forest plots thereto. Timber extracted by citizens for their own needs cannot be alienated or transferred from one person to another in other ways. Timber obtained in the process of forest management and in the process of the performance of measures for their guardianship, protection, reproduction, is subject to accounting before its transportation from the forest. Citizens have the right to carry out, as a matter of priority, procurement of timber for their own needs in forest areas where is under way liquidation of the consequences of the emergency situation in the forests, which arose as a result of forest fires. The procedure for concluding a contract for the sale of forest plantations for personal needs of citizens on public forest plots shall be approved by the regional state executive authority, carrying out within the established competence management in the field of use, guardianship, protection and reproduction of forests. Procurement of timber for personal needs of citizens in public forests includes work on felling forest plantations, cutting of branches, crosscutting of timber, log hauling, stacking wood in piles, collecting windbreak and windblow in heaps for measuring, loading and removing timber from the forest, cleaning the territory of felling sites in accordance with the requirements of forest legislation. This Regional Law establishes the amount of timber authorized for procurement by citizens for individual personal needs.

Full text
Russian
Website
publication.pravo.gov.ru